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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






2. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






3. Examining or measuring to verify whether an activity - component - product - result of service conforms to specified requirements.






4. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






5. A product - result or service generated by a process






6. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th






7. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu






8. Narrative description of the project scope - including major deliverables - project assumptions - project constraints and a description of work that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a co






9. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






10. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints






11. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






12. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.






13. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






14. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project






15. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






16. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






17. Those criteria - including performance requirements and essential conditions which must be met before project deliverables are accepted






18. Documenting project purchasing decisions - specifying the approach and identifying potential sellers






19. The process of finalizing all activities across all of the project management process groups to formally complete the project or phase






20. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






21. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.






22. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance






23. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach






24. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements






25. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






26. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives






27. Budgeted cost of work performed






28. Inclusive term - describes the sum of knowledge within the profession of project management. includes proven traditional practices that are widely applied and innovative practices that are emerging.






29. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed






30. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables






31. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






32. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed






33. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






34. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






35. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






36. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






37. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






38. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






39. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used






40. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle






41. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






42. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project






43. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






44. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






45. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project






46. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases






47. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






48. Documents utilized in bid and proposal activities - which include the buyer's invitation for bid - invitation for negotiations - request for information - request for quotation - request for proposal and sellers responses






49. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development






50. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.